#23 · May 26–30 · Lesser Ripening
Safflower comes into bloom
紅花栄
Benibana sakau · Safflowers flourish
Orange-red safflower heads against soft green; simple botanical portrait.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
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